EU – Paper Free Trade

Tim WilloughbyAssistant Director

LGMA

My name is Tim

I explain technology…

to people who don’t understand it…

people who think they do understand it…

people who despise it…

and people who worship it.

…that help people understand how technology might help their Organisation…

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I live here... According to Google Streetmaps

In Technical Terms

•I’m a Webservice –•Sitting between the Technical Teams and the Business Teams, translating and relating between them..•With Plenty of SOAP and REST....

Don’t bother me with your ideas now, I’ve got a job to do!

Paper Free Trade • my reference for today!

• If only..

• September 11th (2001) - US Closes Border for all

• Lisbon strategy (2005) - reinforce economic policy cooperation.

• VIENNA European - Security Conference (2006)

• EU 2020 – (2010) – Employment, Innovation, Education, Social Inclusion, Climate / Energy

• Jan 1st (2011) – advance notifications to EU customs required.

So.. Where did it all begin..

Why show a map of Vienna?

Ireland

• Global Village• The Perfect place for International Trade

SME

• Backbone of the Irish / EU economies• Community of Buyers / Sellers / insurers• Key players in trade• Wouldn’t be able to scale to new regulations• Opportunity• Local Government Support

In other words..

Conor Saw

Conor Saw

5 Business Drivers

• SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, Web 2.0 / 3.0, Peer to Peer• Addressing and Adapting change and to change

The World has to be on the Cloud

• Instantaneous, Online Response from Inter-continental companies• Digital Supply Chain across Global companies / across the globeThe World is Flat

• Environmental Compliance• Reduce your own and your companies Carbon FootprintThe world is green

• Consumers and Workforce - always on - connected anywhere• Increased demand and expectation for servicesThe World is Mobile

• Energy and Cost Efficient Computing and Data Centres• Flatter Budgets require Efficiencies CAPX and OPEX

The World of Low Cost ICT

Effective Communication

• Clear Messages• Reduce Complexity• Don’t have opinions on

everything• Good and Bad News

Berlin Wall

Security is changing

• Security has to be appropriate• Security has to be measured • Can have things so secure that they are

unusable.

Radical Change is happening – With or Without the Owners / Shareholders

EU Decision – The Private sector should lead

as goverment dont always Understand What the SME Wants?

What governments often Deliver

Pilot EU Study

Worked with Dept.Of TaoiseachLocal Government HostedPilot for Success

Cloud Opportunities

SAAS

Software as a Service

PAAS

Platform as a Service

IAAS

Infrastructure as a Service

What is Cloud?

A pool of highly scalable, abstracted infrastructure, capable of hosting end-customer applications, that is billed by consumption.

Why would Local Government want a trade hub in Ireland

• Increase the number internationally trading local SMEs

• Increase exports / revenues• local employment• Attract FDI • Enhanced reputation for trade breeds success

Give the platform for free to those that need it most!